Choosing a Youth Football Offense by player's Age / XP / Skill Level and also the Coach's Experience and skill level. Part 6 of the series.

In this part we review the popular youth football offenses and recommend them for 5u, 6u, 7u, 8u, 9u, 10u, 11u, and 12u.

Here are the other series parts;  ⁠⁠⁠Part 1⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠Part 2⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠Part 3⁠⁠ , ⁠Part 4⁠ and Part 5

You can read the blog posts here....

https://coachparker.org/2024/01/29/best-youth-football-offense/

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Coach Parker is a youth football coach in Fort Worth, Texas. He has been coaching pee wee tackle football for over 20 years in football little leagues in Texas and Colorado. Coach Parker has written many digital ebooks; youth football coaching playbooks on defense, offense, drills, 7 on 7, 8 Man football. Stay tuned for more free youth football coaching videos from Coach Parker.

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In Part 5 of the Choosing a Youth Football Offense series we are reviewing popular youth football offenses; Split Backs, Spread, Gun-T and the Spread Formation.

Here are the other series parts;  ⁠⁠Part 1⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠Part 2⁠⁠ , ⁠Part 3⁠ , Part 4

You can read the blog posts here....

https://coachparker.org/2023/10/12/choosing-youth-football-offenses/

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Coach Parker is a youth football coach in Fort Worth, Texas. He has been coaching pee wee tackle football for over 20 years in football little leagues in Texas and Colorado. Coach Parker has written many digital ebooks; youth football coaching playbooks on defense, offense, drills, 7 on 7, 8 Man football. Stay tuned for more free youth football coaching videos from Coach Parker.

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In Part 4 of the Choosing a Youth Football Offense series we are reviewing popular youth football offenses; I Formation, Split Back, Wishbone, T Formation and the Power I Formation.

Here are the other series parts;  ⁠Part 1⁠ and ⁠Part 2⁠ and Part 3.

You can read the blog posts here....

https://coachparker.org/2023/09/06/choosing-a-youth-football-offense-part-4/

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Coach Parker is a youth football coach in Fort Worth, Texas. He has been coaching pee wee tackle football for over 20 years in football little leagues in Texas and Colorado. Coach Parker has written many digital ebooks; youth football coaching playbooks on defense, offense, drills, 7 on 7, 8 Man football. Stay tuned for more free youth football coaching videos from Coach Parker.

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Choosing a Youth Football Offense - Part 3 - Popular Youth Offenses UBSW / DW / Wing-T / Beast Offense

In Part 3 of the Choosing a Youth Football Offense series we are reviewing popular youth football offenses; DW, WT and Beast SW based on 15 of the 25 important variables that I outlined in Part 1 and Part 2. At the last of part 2 we looked at the Unbalanced Single Wing Offense (UBSW) as an intro to Part 3.

In Part 3 of this series, Choosing a Youth Football Offense, we will look at the Double Wing Offense, the Wing-T Offense and the Beast Yale Single Wing Offense. In Part 4 we will look at the I- Formation, Power I, Wishbone and T- Formation. Part 5 will finish out the review of the Spread Offense, Gun-T, Pistol Offense and Split Backs formation. In Part 6 I will review Age issues in more detail.

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Coach Parker is a youth football coach in Fort Worth, Texas. He has been coaching pee wee tackle football for over 20 years in football little leagues in Texas and Colorado. Coach Parker has written many digital ebooks; youth football coaching playbooks on defense, offense, drills, 7 on 7, 8 Man football. Stay tuned for more free youth football coaching videos from Coach Parker.

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Choosing a Youth Football Offense is a daunting task for any youth football tackle coach, experienced or not. This is Part 2 of a multi part series on how to choose a youth football offense for your football team. In these first two articles I am reviewing the important variables in choosing an offense for your team.

If you have not read Part One then do so now.

Choosing a Youth Football Offense Part 2 Important Variables Blog Post Read Here

Key Variables on Choosing a Youth Football Offense

In Part 2 I’ll discuss these remaining variables to consider while evaluating and choosing a youth football offense for potential use:

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Choosing a Youth Football Offense is a tough decision for a new youth football coach and an experienced one too. Recently, I went down the Rabbit Hole to try find the magic solution or hidden door to answer this difficult question. In my research, many coaches will tell me what they think is the simplest or best youth offense and it is mainly the offense they already know. In a past blog post I did write about what I think are the Best Offenses for youth football. So even I will have a bias but hoping to but that behind me for this multi part article on Choosing a Youth Football Offense.

In this multi part article on Choosing a Youth Football Offense I am trying to move past my internal bias and look at choosing a youth football offenses based on about 25 variables that keep coming up when I talk to youth football coaches. I define youth football from 5u to 12u, not really 7th and 8th grade ball.

I would also like to thank many of the coaches in my Facebook groups and the Wing-T, Single Wing and Double Wing Facebook Groups for some great feedback and also thank Coach Kessler and Green for their thoughtful input.

Key Variables on Choosing a Youth Football Offense

Here are essential factors I’ll consider while evaluating and choosing a youth football offense for potential use:

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Coach Parker is a youth football coach in Fort Worth, Texas. He has been coaching pee wee tackle football for over 20 years in football little leagues in Texas and Colorado. Coach Parker has written many digital ebooks; youth football coaching playbooks on defense, offense, drills, 7 on 7, 8 Man football. Stay tuned for more free youth football coaching videos from Coach Parker.

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8U Youth Football Season Status Before Our First Game

8U team 15 players mostly rookies with a top tier tailback, fullback, and lineman. We are down to 13 now.

Two players quit. Our fourth-round pick quit because of rides and possibly another team issue as a promise, and then we had a rookie player that did quit he did not like hitting or really playing football that much.

We had four weeks practice up until today and that is down from our normal six weeks of practice. So it's kind of been a rush into this first game. 

I'm coaching with my longtime coaching partner, since 2010. I am just casually helping this season with the offensive line and some other things on Defense. We've got another coach that we've coached with in the past and a dad that we've turned into an assistant coach / helper. We have good group of coaches this Fall 2022 season.

Some team absence issues we are facing early are that we've got our top players out for the second and third game and because I've started casually coaching, I'm out of the 3rd and 4th game.  Since these are early games, we should be fine to work around these issues. 

Our strategy / goal this season is to be one of the top four teams to get into the playoff’s championship tournament since many of our players are rookies and we're going to have some key absences on a few early games. These player absences can help the less experienced players get much needed game time to improve. 

Struggles & Weaknesses

1. shotgun snap

2. backfield timing

3. blocking rules

4. contain on defense

5. arm tackling

6. position alignments

7. special teams

8. Timidness and mean gene

9. overall defenses needs more time

10. huddling breaking the huddle timeliness to get to the line of scrimmage

11. learning plays in a new formation

12. too much talking during practice and a little bit of lack of focus is hurting us

Strengths

1. got a great group of kids

2. blocking by our bigger veterans is pretty good

3. two top running backs

4. pretty good defense for the lack of practice we've had

5. overall, even though we're tempted we still are pretty good hitters

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Coach Parker is a youth football coach in Fort Worth, Texas.  He has been coaching pee wee tackle football for over 20 years in football little leagues in Texas and Colorado. Coach Parker has written many digital ebooks; youth football coaching playbooks on defense, offense, drills, 7 on 7, 8 Man football.  Stay tuned for more free youth football coaching podcasts from Coach Parker.   

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50 Common Coaching Mistakes Made by Youth Football Coaches to Avoid

These are 50 coaching mistakes made by youth football coaches when coaching youth football. Coach Parker has made a few of these over his 30 years coaching youth football and wanted to share how to avoid these common coaching mistakes.   

1. Daddy Ball especially at QB or TB 2. Promising Players certain positions on Team when recruiting players 3. Too much stretching and conditioning during practices 4. Not matching Roster to Offense and Defense Schemes 5. Forgetting about Special Teams 6. Not Blocking and Tackling at each practice 7. Not having an experienced O-Line Coach 8. QB / Center Exchange / Shotgun Snaps not working 9. Too many pass plays during games 10. Defense does not attack, sits back, and Reads 11. Players not put in correct positions 12. Not Adjusting to Opposing Schemes in Game and Before 13. No Scouting 14. Size of Playbook – too few or too many plays 15. Changes playbook every week 16. Not having the right plays installed for opposing team 17. Not knowing how to call plays 18. Playbook does not have sequence series of plays 19. OC / play caller not good at calling plays 20. No Spotters for play callers during games 21. Not happy with 4-yard plays / Impatient 22. Not willing to learn how to coach youth football / continue education / study 23. Too little or too much hitting / scrimmages 24. Yelling and screaming at players vs motivating players 25. Not Demonstrating fundamentals 26. Talking too much during practice 27. Not enough drill stations 28. Practice moving too slow 29. Not understanding and working with your league 30. Being too soft about what you want from players, staff, and parents 31. Poor Communicator 32. Too many coaches on staff that stand around talking and not coaching 33. Picking all your neighbor kids and not focusing on experienced talent 34. Flag coaches thinking Tackle will be so easy 35. Not having discipline at practice being too nice 36. Not choosing the right team mom that supports you 37. Not calling your team on the first day roster is out 38. Does not communicate updated practices schedules in timely manner 39. No written practice plans 40. On back pain medication and not communicating to parents you’re not drunk 41. Drinking and Smoking in front of players at practice field  42. Screaming at the Refs constantly setting poor example for your parents 43. Not having enough footballs to make practice run efficiently 44. Not having enough bags and equipment 45. Forgetting first aid kit 46. Forgetting Water for Game 47. Forgetting Cool Towels or Hand Warmers for Game 48. Running too many wind sprints at end of practice 49. Punishing players on the field after a game 50. Forgetting to thank your wife and family.  

Don't forget extra mouthpieces too.   

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Play for Fun and Winning is Funner!  

Coach Parker is a youth football coach in Fort Worth, Texas.  He has been coaching pee wee tackle football for over 20 years in football little leagues in Texas and Colorado. Coach Parker has written many digital ebooks; youth football coaching playbooks on defense, offense, drills, 7 on 7, 8 Man football.  Stay tuned for more free youth football coaching podcasts from Coach Parker.   

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Coaching vs Talent in Youth Football | Great Youth Players or Great Youth Coaches?

Coaching vs Talent debate in youth football coaching is an old debate. I feel like great Talent is a good to have on your team even if you are already a good youth football coach.  We spend extra time upfront evaluating and drafting our team and it pays off in the long run.

How much does Coaching matter in youth football?

How much does Talent matter in youth football?

Recruiting / Evaluating / Drafting Youth Football Talent?

What does a great Coach look like?

Talent is King but also be a Great Coach for your Team!

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Play for Fun and Winning is Funner!

Coach Parker is a youth football coach in Fort Worth, Texas.  He has been coaching pee wee tackle football for over 20 years in football little leagues in Texas and Colorado. Coach Parker has written many digital ebooks; youth football coaching playbooks on defense, offense, drills, 7 on 7, 8 Man football.  Stay tuned for more free youth football coaching podcasts from Coach Parker. 

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Tips for Rookie First Time Youth Football Coaches / 1o Tips for Coaching Youth Football 

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1) Practice Plans for Youth Football

2) Proven Youth Football Playbooks / Schemes

3) Loyal Coaching Staff

4) Parent Communication and Management

5) Roster / Talent Development & Recognition

6) Find a Mentor / Student of the Game

7) Progression Teaching / Demonstration / Video

8) Film Games and Practices 

9) Do not Forget Special Teams

10) Thank Your Wife

Check out all the free content at CoachParker.org with close to 400 youth football articles and and my YouTube channel with over 300 youth football coaching videos.   You can also visit my new youth football site at 

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Play for Fun and Winning is Funner!

Coach Parker is a youth football coach in Fort Worth, Texas.  He has been coaching pee wee tackle football for over 20 years in football little leagues in Texas and Colorado. Coach Parker has written many digital ebooks; youth football coaching playbooks on defense, offense, drills, 7 on 7, 8 Man football.  Stay tuned for more free youth football coaching podcasts from Coach Parker. 

Contact Coach Parker anytime at https://coachparker.org/about-coach-parker/contact-me/